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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Lifeng Yang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for determining the frequency of an ac power signal, includes sensing circuitry to sense the ac signal. In a digital implementation of the invention, a double average of the samples is generated by a processor as the sum of the most recent sample, twice the next most recent sample plus the third most recent sample. The least mean square of a running window of the most recent double average signals is generated to avoid discontinuities at the zero crossings and to reduce the effects of noise. The frequency is determined from this least mean square value of the window of double average signals. As implemented in a protective relay, a trip signal is generated if the frequency is out of limits.